Dearmond v. Dearmond

This was an action by the appellees against the appellants to set aside a conveyance of certain real estate. The plaintiffs below were a part of the heirs at law of William L. Dearmond, deceased, and the defendants were the remainder of those heirs. The complaint alleges, in substance, that on the 1st of October, 1852, the decedent, William L. Dearmond, made and acknowledged a deed for certain lands therein described, purporting to convey said lands to the defendants, but that said deed was never, in any manner, delivered by the grantor to said grantees, but on the contrary thereof, was…